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NAD C 399 HybridDigital DAC Amplifier

The C 399 Hybrid Digital DAC Ampliﬁer is the clearest expression yet of NAD’s

commitment to sonic excellence and lasting value. Employing NAD’s HybridDigital nCore

ampliﬁcation, which until now has been available only on Masters Series ampliﬁers, the

C 399 is the new ﬂagship integrated ampliﬁer in NAD’s Classic Series. The C 399’s digital

section is built around a 32-bit/384kHz ESS Sabre DAC, the same chip used in NAD’s

acclaimed M10 and M33 Masters Series ampliﬁers.

The C 399 is also the ﬁrst ampliﬁer to incorporate the latest generation of NAD’s Modular

Design Construction (MDC) technology. MDC2 lets users add optional modules that

provide functions such as BluOS Hi-Res multi-room music streaming and Dirac Live room

correction.

PURE POWER

Trickled down from NAD’s Masters Series, the C 399’s HybridDigital nCore ampliﬁer is

highly efﬁcient and remarkably powerful. It can deliver 180 Watts per channel continuous

power, and 250 Watts per channel instantaneous power, allowing the C 399 to reproduce

musical transients effortlessly. The HybridDigital nCore design is renowned for its wide

bandwidth, ﬂat frequency response, clean clipping behaviour with instant recovery, high

current capability, and stability into demanding low-impedance speaker loads. Noise

and distortion are vanishingly low under all operating conditions. The minute levels of

harmonic distortion are dominated by sonically benign second and third harmonics. These

reﬁnements enable the C 399 to produce neutral, distortion-free sound even at very high

listening levels, with thrilling dynamics, exquisite detail, and superb portrayal of space.

Also trickled down from the Masters Series is the ESS Sabre 9028 high-resolution DAC,

a design noted for its wide dynamic range, ultra-low noise and distortion, and near-zero

levels of clock jitter. This premium DAC enables the C 399 to reproduce all your digital

sources with amazing musicality, precise soundstaging, and stunning clarity.

FEATURES & DETAILS

• HybridDigital nCore Ampliﬁer

• Continuous Power: 180 Watts per channel into

8/4 ohms

• Instantaneous Power: 250 Watts per channel

• Vanishingly low harmonic and intermodulation

distortion

• Dual MDC2 Ports for expanded functionality

• Optional MDC2 BluOS-D module adds BluOS

Hi-Res multi-room music streaming and Dirac

Live room correction

• Jitter-free 32-bit/384kHz ESS Sabre DAC

• Ultra-low-noise MM phono stage with

infrasonic ﬁltering circuitry

• Two optical, two coaxial digital input

• HDMI eARC input

• Two pairs of line-level analogue inputs with

low-noise buffer ampliﬁer

• Speaker A/Speaker B output

• Two-way Qualcomm aptX HD Bluetooth

• Dual subwoofer output

• Dedicated headphone ampliﬁer

• CI-Friendly - IR remote, 12V Trigger in/out, IR

in/out, RS-232 Serial port

• Seamless integrations with smart home

control systems such as Control4, Crestron,

RTI, URC, Push, Lutron, iPort, and Elan

C 399 HYBRIDDIGITAL™ DAC AMPLIFIER

Summary of content (3 pages)

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C 399 HYBRIDDIGITAL™ DAC AMPLIFIER NAD C 399 HybridDigital DAC Amplifier FEATURES & DETAILS The C 399 Hybrid Digital DAC Amplifier is the clearest expression yet of NAD’s commitment to sonic excellence and lasting value. Employing NAD’s HybridDigital nCore amplification, which until now has been available only on Masters Series amplifiers, the C 399 is the new flagship integrated amplifier in NAD’s Classic Series.
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C 399 100-120V/220-240V~ 50-60Hz 600W 100-120V/220-240V 50/60Hz FUTURE PERFECT WELL CONNECTED In 2006, NAD introduced Modular Design Construction, an innovative architecture for adding new functions to existing components. Many NAD products have rear-panel slots for MDC modules that perform HDMI switching, BluOS multi-room music streaming, Dolby Atmos surround processing, and other functions.
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SPECIFICATIONS C 399 All specs are measured according to IHF 202 CEA 490-AR-2008 standard. THD is measured using AP AUX 0025 passive filter and AES 17 active filter. PREAMPLIFIER LINE INPUT, PRE-OUT (ANALOG BYPASS ON) THD (20Hz - 20kHz) Signal-to-Noise Ratio Channel separation Input Impedance (R and C) Maximum input signal Output impedance Input sensitivity Frequency response Maximum voltage output -IHF load <0.002% at 2V out >106dB (IHF; A-weighted, ref.